ORD-2012-047 Ordinance Amending the Unified Development Ordinance regarding review and permitting of solar arrays

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ARTICLE 5: USES SECTION 5.1: ESTABLISHMENT OF USE REGULATIONS Except . as otherwise provided herein, regulations governing the use of land and structures are hereby established as shown in the Table of Permitted Uses. 5.1.1 Prohibited Uses Uses of land or structures which are not expressly listed in the Table of Permitted Uses (Section 5.2), as Permitted Principal Uses, Permitted Accessory Uses or Special Uses in a district are prohibited and shall not be established within that district. 5.1.2 Uses Permitted As a Matter of Riaht Within all districts the following uses are permitted as a matter of right: (A) Above ground and buried utility lines for local distribution of electricity, telephone, and cable television service, accessory and appurtenant apparatus such as poles, guy wires, transformers and switching boxes. (B) Cabinetized telephone and /or fiber optic equipment associated with the local distribution of services. Setbacks from the right -of -way for such equipment may be reduced to 20 feet in the Agricultural Residential, Rural Residential and Rural Buffer zoning districts provided that the equipment is screened from view by landscape materials. (C) Bona fide farms. (D) Buildings and other temporary structures used in connection with the construction of a permanent building. (See Section 5.4.4) ' (E) Neighborhood utility facilities located within a public right of way with the permission of the owner of the right of way (State, City or Town). (F) Off street parking as a required accessory use to a permitted use. (G) Public and private streets and roads. Railroad rights of way. (H) Water and sanitary sewer lines, gas and liquid fuel distribution lines. (1) Telephone exchanges (without business offices), subscriber loop huts, pressure regulator stations, water and sanitary sewer pumping stations. (See Section 5.9.1) 2 (J) Electrical substations, switching and metering stations and associated transmission lines, where incoming voltage does not exceed 100 kilovolts (kv). (See Section 5.9.2). (K) Solid waste collection facilities owned and operated by a public agency for the purpose of disposal of household waste by Orange County residents. (See Section 5.11.1) 3 (L) Borrow pits (including reclamation by landfilling) associated with a State or Federal highway project. (See Section 5.12.1). 5.1.3 Special Uses (A) It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners to create, and from time to time amend, a list of Special Uses within the Table of Permitted Uses which, because of their inherent nature, extent and external effects, require special care in the control of their location and methods of operation. 1 This section of the Ub0 provides reference to various sections where standards governing the development of the denoted land use are contained. Staff is adding the appropriate reference to this particular use z. Staff is providing the appropriate section reference where development standards are located for this particular use ' Again, staff is providing the appropriate reference Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 5 -1